Property developers are escalating calls for faster permit approvals, warning that prolonged processing times are constraining housing supply and delaying project rollouts nationwide.
China Banking Corp., the country’s fifth largest lender by assets and part of the Sy Group, delivered a banner performance in 2025 with record net income of P28 billion, up 13 percent from a year earlier, as core lending and fee businesses powered broad-based growth.
Nickel Asia Corp. said its net income quadrupled in 2025, driven by stronger ore exports and firmer saprolite prices, underscoring a rebound in nickel markets and improved operating leverage.
NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable publicly-traded company and the dominant supplier of chips powering the artificial intelligence revolution, capped a landmark year with blockbuster fourth quarter results, a bullish revenue outlook, and fresh momentum in its stock.
Power giant Manila Electric Co. is revving up for a historic spending cycle, lining up P272.2 billion in capital expenditures to modernize its grid, harden infrastructure, and keep pace with the country’s swelling power demand.
Chemical manufacturer D&L Industries Inc. (DNL) reported a 5 percent increase in net income for the first quarter, reaching P717 million from P681 million a year earlier, even as sales declined.
The Manila Water Foundation, the Quezon City government, and the Wild Bird Photographers of the Philippines held the first leg of the Quezon City Bird Race 2026 at La Mesa Ecopark, bringing together local and international birdwatchers and photographers.
The Philippines and Japan have started discussions to update their agricultural cooperation agreement ahead of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s upcoming state visit to Japan later this month.
The BE Group of Companies has teamed up with COREnergy, the retail electricity arm of Vivant Energy, to supply and actively manage power use across its Mabuhay Towers in Cebu Business Park and Cebu IT Park—signaling a more strategic approach to energy in two of the country’s fastest-growing commercial hubs.